Numbers 6:13

“And this is the instruction for the Nazirite: on the day when the days of his consecration are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting,”
Numbers 6:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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And this isוְזֹאתthe instructionתּוֹרַתfor the Nazirite:הַנָּזִירon the dayבְּיוֹםwhen the daysיְמֵיof his consecrationנִזְרוֹare fulfilled,מְלֹאתhe shall be broughtיָבִיא אֹתוֹto the entranceאֶל פֶּתַחof the tentאֹהֶלof meeting,מוֹעֵד

Allusion · Acts 21:24

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Both texts speak of shaving the head on fulfilling a vow; Numbers 6:18 commands it of the Nazirite at the end of the days of his consecration.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

גִלַּחgilajH1548ξυρήσονταιxyrēsontaiG3587“shave the head, shave”
רֹאשׁroshH7218κεφαλήνkephalēnG2776“head; capital”

Naziriteנָזִירnazir

One who made a vow to consecrate himself to YHWH for a time: he did not drink wine or intoxicating drink, did not cut his hair and did not touch the dead; at the end he shaved his head and presented offerings (Numbers 6:1-21). Samson was one from his mother’s womb (Judges 13:5). It has no relation to “Nazarene.”

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Numbers 6:13, word by word

the instructionתּוֹרַתtorat

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

Where else “torat” appears

for the Naziriteנָּזִירnazir

Nazirite

Someone set apart for God by a special vow.

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on the dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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of his consecrationנִזְרnizr

consecration

Being set apart for God, like the Nazirite.

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are fulfilledמְלֹאתmelot

be fulfilled

For a period to run out, or a word to come true.

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he shall be broughtיָבִיאyavi

bring

To bring something or someone.

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to the entranceפֶּתַחpetach

entrance, door

Entrance, doorway, door, opening.

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of the tentאֹהֶלohel

tabernacle

Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.

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of meetingמוֹעֵדmoed

meeting

An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.

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The context

12And he shall separate to YHWH the days of his consecration and bring a male lamb a year old as a guilt offering; but the former days shall fall away, because his consecration was made unclean.

13 · This verse (above)

14and he shall present his offering to YHWH: one male lamb a year old, without defect, as a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old, without defect, as a sin offering, and one ram without defect as a peace offering,

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